The Buckingham Athletic Club Hotel  

Location; This hotel is in practically the center of the Loop. Very easy to get to, very nice staff, excellent facilities. LaSalle is a major stop in Chicago. The blue line goes practially from O'Hare to this hotel. Literally the hotel is around the corner from the LaSalle Stop. And the LaSalle/Van Buren stop serves several lines on the El, including the brown line. Also, the views are insane from the 40th floor. 5 stars all the way.

Two elevators to get to your room, but not that big a deal. The hotel is also right outside of a major Metra station, so you get all kinds of characters walking by. To be fair, that is on the side where you get the cta trains, you can also walk in on the other side, which is peaceful and solitary. Do not expect maps or anything either. This is a business hotel, without much for tourists, though the staff is helful in pointing you in the right direction for maps or whatever else you need. Continental Breakfast is kind of a joke too. Bagels and cereal, and they ran out of coffee the last day I was there. Whatever, it still deserves 5 stars because the positives are overwhelming.

The bed was extremely comfortable and the location was ideal. The best part of the stay was the warm and helpful staff at the reception desk!

Quiet and the view of the Sears Tower was awesome

The room was very clean however the sheets smelled like too much bleach. It was so strong that it irritated my eyes & made my nose stuffy. Also, I grabbed an orange juice out of the fridge & it was expired Sept. 2011, we are in Feb. 2012. I would only recommend if they toned down bleach & have all refreshments in fridge updated.

The view was breathtaking

Some of outlets did ot wrk. No flat panel tv

Out dated

Staff.

Location of restaurant/breakfast-room in relation to hotel accomodation.

The gym facilities

The location was great for a conference I attended.

My room was very dated. There was no room service available. Booked a king but got two queens. Front desk is so far away that it wasn't worth it to try and change rooms.

My wife thought the mattress was too hard. I loved everything about the hotel. Amazing value for Chicago

Being 40 floors up with an amazing view

Seriously needed updating (decor was straight out of the 80's)

This is a unique hotel at the top of the Chicago Board of Trade building. Our 40th floor bedroom had a spectacular view of the harbour/marina lake front of the city, with Navy Pier to the left and the Adler Planetarium to the right. The Metrak train from O'Hare airport has a stop at LaSalle station, within 200 meters of the building (unfortunately, the station elevator was not working and there is no escalator - steps being a possible problem for the elderly traveller). The continental breakfast is adequate and the staff are friendly and professional. Hotel visitors are free to use the well equipped gymnasium of the Buckingham Athletic Club. The main shopping areas of the Magnificent Mile are within reasonable walking distance and the Loop mass transit line runs close by - staff of that system were helpful on the occasions that we used it. When departing for the Metrak station at LaSalle, one of the hotel staff was most helpful in assistance with luggage.

No complaints. A very good variety of tv stations was available + free access to the internet.

The comfort and design of the room. The concierge on check-in and the one on check-out. Within walking distance of our destinations. Cool place!!! Expensive, but great value compared to other places.

Drunk businessman making crude comments to my 23 year old daughter while waiting for the elevator: Oooo, does that nose ring hurt? etc. Made her uncomfortable and caused her to wait for an empty elevator.

The privacy and non-hotel feeling

The gym was absolutely not first class. Old equipment.